| The end of the year is coming around again and it | | | | Prices tend to run from $50 to $500. Just do a |
| is time to come up with gift ideas for friends, | | | | search for wine club or wine of the month to see |
| family, bosses and co-workers. Here are some | | | | a huge selection. |
| suggestions for wine oriented gifts that will not | | | | Letting red wine breathe is important to get the |
| set you back an arm and a leg in these tough | | | | best flavor. This means aerating it. The best way |
| times. | | | | to do this is to use a decanter. Decanters are |
| The holidays are a wonderful time of the year, | | | | great gifts because they can cost as little as $30 |
| but gift buying can be maddening. Everything | | | | and as much as, well, you want to spend. The |
| seems run of the mill and, frankly, a lot of stuff is | | | | real beauty of decanters is the not only aerate |
| pure junk. How do you come up with good ideas? | | | | red wines, but they tend to look like a piece of |
| It is the great mystery of our time. | | | | art. This makes them a great gift and definitely |
| When it comes to gifts related to wine, the good | | | | worth taking a look at as a gift. |
| news is there are plenty of options. Your first | | | | Nomad Wine Tasting Journals are a hot new gift |
| thought might simply be to buy wine for others. | | | | that people love. Wrapped in a leather case, they |
| This seems logical, but you might want to | | | | are designed for wine lovers who want to keep |
| reconsider doing so. Wine is very subjective. You | | | | track of the vintages they have tried over the |
| might love a vintage, but the recipient might not. | | | | years. You can enter the wine, your impressions |
| "Bad wine" is not a good gift, so it is often better | | | | and thoughts, the vintage information and even |
| to stick to wine accessories that will go with any | | | | paste in the label from the bottle. These journals |
| bottle. | | | | are also very popular for wine tasting parties. |
| One option around this problem is not to buy | | | | Starting as low as $15 each, the journals are also |
| someone a bottle of wine, but a one year | | | | very affordable. |
| membership with a wine of the month club. There | | | | None of these sound good? Well, remember the |
| are different clubs, but the service is basically the | | | | general rule of giving wine as a gift. Try to stay |
| same. Each month, they mail a certain number of | | | | away from giving bottles of wine and stick with |
| bottles that your gift recipient can do tastings | | | | accessories. Everyone loves accessories, but not |
| with. The wines tend to be very hit and miss, but | | | | everyone has the same tastes when determining |
| are a good way to get exposed to new vintages. | | | | what is good and what is bad. |